When Star Wars: The Force Awakens debuts on December 18, 2015 in domestic theaters, it will debut to “around 3,900” screens, according to BoxOffice. That number may not mean much to the casual fan, but to industry trackers it’s surprisingly low.
To put the number of screens into context, at 3,900 it would come in as the #11 widest release of the year. Minions topped the year with 4,301 screens at opening the week after 4th of July. Avengers: Age of Ultron and Jurassic World also came in at 4,276 and 4,275 respectively. Mockingjay Part 2, Furious 7, Fantastic Four, Tomorrowland, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Inside Out, and Spectre (3,929) round out the top ten. That’s three films distributed by Buena Vista, Disney’s distribution arm handling Star Wars, and every other film outside of Minions is a big-budget action film aimed squarely at the same audience as The Force Awakens. Now, they say “around 3,900,” so that could put this movie over the last one or two, but it’s still nowhere near what was expected.
Disney debuting ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ on surprisingly few U.S. screens
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Tell me about it.
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I’m looking forward to this movie just as much as the next person… but can someone please explain to me why this film is receiving so much benefit of the doubt?
The last 3 films were all bad. I enjoyed certain parts, but as an overall film, they were mostly boring and forgettable. I get fanboying… and their excitement is understandable. But for the casual fan… not the diehard… even they are all cooing for this film. I don’t have any expectations whatsoever (which i hope plays towards my favor) but when you compare to a lot of other franchises that have come off a series of misfires, none have garnered the kind of support Star Wars has.
Am I missing something?
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I think the removal of George Lucas plays a HUGE part in it since he was responsible for a lot of the mistakes in the prequels. Plus, it’s Star Wars. The fandom and hype around it isn’t the same as any other big blockbuster franchise. At this point it’s transcended into a cultural event.
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Sure, buddy
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What?
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I get that it’s “Star Wars”. The original trilogy pioneered a lot during its time. As did many other films since. Trust me, I get fanboying over something you endear… but that’s usually a subset of people. So, i don’t get the overwhelming fervor for this movie by the masses as a whole.
I think many people are setting themselves up for disappointment. I would compare this to Jurassic Park. At the time, JP was ground breaking. Followed up by horrible sequels. Then, years later, they revisit the property and tie it more directly to the film that garnered them the fame. But ultimately, even though Jurassic World was a good movie, it failed to live up to the hype of the original.
There are many parallels to this Star Wars franchise. I’m hoping for a SPECTACULAR movie, but it’s hard to get as hype as everyone else considering there hasn’t been much quality since the 80’s. Prequels sucked. Clone Wars Cartoons were subpar. Animated Film sucked. Most of the comics are… meh. I hear many of the old books were great but, as far as I know, they’re not canon. So… are we really basing all this excitement on the original trilogy? Especially, considering those heroes are gonna be side characters this time around.
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The movie must be testing very high, to me this is a confidence move because everyone is going to watch it regardless but if it’s actually good, a lot of people are going to come back for repeat viewings. They’ll probably have sold out shows for several weeks straight
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Everyone?
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Well everyone that likes going to the movies even the trolls that are pretending like they aren’t going to watch it.
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This isn’t trolling, friend. This is genuine curiosity as to the mind state of some of you Star Wars fans. Do you people think this movie is like some Black Friday sale where people are trampling over each other to get to it. I don’t know anyone who is going to see this movie. You spend to much time online, buddy.
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Who called you a troll?
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